Cast &
Creative
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Brian Quijada is a playwright, actor, and composer whose work includes Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (Victory Gardens, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Geva Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Denver Theatre Center, City Theatre Pittsburgh and many more), Kid Prince and Pablo (The Kennedy Center, LifeLine Theatre), and Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage, The People’s Light, Teatro Audaz, Teatro Vista), which garnered three Jeff Awards including Best Musical in Chicago. As an actor, Brian has appeared in MCC’s Wolf Play, The Public’s Oedipus El Rey, Roundabout’s Bobbie Clearly and Playwright’s Realm’s My Mañana Comes. TV credits include “Law and Order: SVU,” “Search Party” and “Blue Bloods.” Brian is a recipient of four Jeff Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, and is a three-time Drama Desk nominee. He is a proud member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre and proud member of the Lucille Lortel-winning group, The Pack. IG: @mrbrianquijada 

Nygel D. Robinson is an artist based in Chicago, IL. Select theatres Nygel has worked at as a performer include Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Mosaic Theatre, and Milwaukee Rep. As a writer and composer Nygel’s credits include Mexodus (Berkeley Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, and Mosaic Theatre), an upcoming production of Santa Claus is Coming to Town at Baltimore Center Stage, R&J: Fire on the Bayou with Kevin Ramsey which was workshopped at Goodspeed Opera House and The Hartt School, and many more projects that Nygel plans on spamming the American theatre with. He’s wildly excited and grateful to be working with Audible. He’s especially thankful for his family and hometown of LaGrange, NC who made all of this possible. He is nothing without their love. Also, maybe follow Nygel on IG? @nygeld

Trent Lawson a UCLA graduate and Bay Area native, is thrilled to make his Off-Broadway debut, returning to Mexodus after its Berkeley Repertory Theatre run. Most recently, he performed for Disney Cruise Line and in Giveon’s “I CAN TELL” music video. He thanks his friends and family in California, as well as his Mexodus family, for always pushing him toward greatness.  

Alan Mendez is a New York City-based actor, musician, and music director. Off-Broadway: Mexodus (Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre), Comedy of Errors (The Public Theater) and Socrates (The Public Theater). Select regional: Mexodus (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Bandstand (Playhouse on Park), Natasha, Pierre,... (Hangar Theatre), Evita (Fulton Theatre), Once (Mason Street Warehouse). Bandleader and pianist of the Shubert Alley Cats. @alan.r.mendez @shubertalleycats 

David Mendizábal (they/he) is a Helen Hayes Award-winning director, designer, and the Associate Artistic Director/Director of In Dialogue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. They serve as one of the Producing Artistic Leaders of the Obie award-winning The Movement Theatre Company and is a founding collective member of the Obie award-winning Sol Project. Select directing credits include Don’t Eat the Mangos (Huntington Theatre/Magic Theatre), Mexodus (Berkeley Rep/Baltimore Center Stage/Mosaic), Mother Road (Berkeley Rep), the bandaged place (Roundabout Underground/NYSAF), Sanctuary City (Berkeley Rep/Arena Stage), Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Board Members (Soho Rep), and On the Grounds of Belonging (Long Wharf). David is the recipient of a Princess Grace Award Honoraria. They are an alumnus of the Soho Rep Project Number One Residency, Ars Nova Vision Residency, Drama League Directors Project, Labyrinth Intensive Ensemble, Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, artEquity, and TCG Leadership U. David is an alum of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. IG @its_daveed | davidmendizabal.com